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Appeals court upholds life sentence for 9/11 conspirator
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a U.S. court on criminal charges related to the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, lost a bid on Monday to overturn his guilty plea and get a new trial.
A U.S. appeals court based in Richmond, Virginia, rejected arguments by Moussaoui, who is serving a a life sentence at [...]
‘Just war’ as he collects peace award : Obama
Friday, December 11th, 2009US President Barack Obama said conflict can sometimes be morally justified as he received his Nobel peace prize with deep gratitude and “humility” in Oslo, Norway.
Warning that war is “never glorious, and we must never trumpet it as such,” Obama argued that it could “sometimes be not only necessary but morally justified,” saying negotiations would [...]
NATO allies under pressure to supplement US troop increase
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009NATO foreign ministers have begun two days of meetings in Brussels centred on providing additional soldiers to supplement the US troop surge to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced on Wednesday that he expected US allies to send 5,000 more NATO soldiers to supplement Washington’s troop surge of 30,000 soldiers announced [...]
Obama promise to finish the job in Afghanistan
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
US President Barack Obama promised he would unveil his decision “shortly” on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: “It is my intention to finish the job.”
“I will be making an announcement to the American people about how we intend to move forward. I will be doing so shortly,” Obama said during a [...]
Pakistanis’ sacrifices in counterterrorism: Hillary Clinton
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009ISLAMABAD: Lauding the irreparable sacrifices laid down by the people of Pakistan in way of curbing terrorism, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “Pakistanis have rendered extraordinary sacrifices to stamp out extremism”, Geo news reported on Wednesday.
This Hillary Clinton said talking to media after her arrival here in Pakistan on three-day official visit.
According [...]
